Provided the claims are approved by the Admiralty, the
medal will be granted to the undermentioned classes who were
mobilized and rendered approved service either (i) at sea between
midnight 4-5 August, 1914, and midnight 11-12 November, 1918 ; or
(ii) on the establishment of a unit within a theatre of military
operations -

(a) All officers and men of the R.N., R.M., R.N.A.S., R.I.M.,
R.N.R., R.N.V.R., R.N.A.S.B.R., and Dominion and Colonial Naval
Forces. Trained pilots and observers and men of the R.N.A.S.
employed in actual flying from Naval Air Stations at home on oversea
patrols will be eligible.

(b) Mercantile Marine officers and men serving under special
Naval engagements (Form T.124 and its variants, including T.299) in
H.M. Ships of War and Commissioned Fleet Auxiliaries.

(c) Members of Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service, and
Royal Naval Nursing Service Reserves.

(d) Officers and enrolled members of the W.R.N.S.

(e) Canteen staffs who served in a ship of war at sea.

The following services are not approved as qualifying :-

(a) Service in depot ships, except those which go to sea ; boom
defence vessels, examination vessels and other craft employed on
harbour service.

(b) Service at shore bases and depots, except those within
theatres of active military operations.

(c) Services of a temporary and special nature at sea, or in
theatres of military operations, e.g., casual inspections and
inquiries, purchase of materials, trials, passage, etc.

(d) Service at sea, subsequent to midnight 11-12 November, 1918,
except in certain specified cases, with regard to which a further
announcement will be made.

Desertion or dismissal with disgrace since the date of the
qualifying service forfeits the decoration. The decorations earned by officers and men deceased will be
issued to their legatees or next of kin entitled to receive them.

For the purposes of this order the definition of 'theatres of
military operations' is as for the Army, with the addition of the
following to section (b), paragraph 2, " Balkan Theatre " :—

" Officers and men of the Plymouth and Chatham Battalions
R.M.L.I., who took part in the landing at Seddul Bahr and Kum Kale
on 4 March, 1915 are eligible."

Army

Provided the claims are approved by the competent military
authorities, the medal will be granted to all officers, warrant
officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the British,
Dominion, Colonial and Indian forces, members of women formations
who have been enrolled under a direct contract of service for
service with His Majesty's Imperial forces, civil medical
practitioners, nursing sisters, nurses and others employed with
military hospitals, who actually served on the establishment of a
unit in a theatre of war and within the periods as defined below.

Royal Air Force

Provided the claims are approved by the Air Council, the medal
will be granted to all officers and airmen who have either:-

(a) Been posted and served with a unit in any theatre of
war outside the British Islands, within the periods as defined in
the Appendix. (see 'Theatres of War' below )

(b) Served with an operational unit in the British Islands
or overseas and have been actively engaged in the air against the
enemy.

(c) Been employed on flying new aircraft to France.

(d) Served as part of the complement of aircraft-carrying
ships. The operational units referred to in paragraph 6 (b) include
those employed on the following duties :-

(c) Aeroplanes and seaplanes employed to protect the
British Islands from hostile air raids.

The claims of officers, airmen and women who became eligible on
account of services rendered with the Royal Navy or Army, excluding
the R.N.A.S. and R.F.C., prior to transfer to the R.A.F., will be
dealt with under the regulations of the Royal Navy or Army
respectively.

THEATRES OF WAR

For the purpose of this Army Order, " theatres of war " are
defined as under :-

3. Russian Theatre.—Included all operations which
took place in Russia*, between midnight 4th/5th August, 1914 and
midnight lst/2nd July, 1920.

4. Egyptian Theatre. To include all operations: -

(a) In Egypt, between midnight 4th/5th
November, 1914 and midnight 18th/19th March, 1916, but excluding
operations for which the Sultan's Sudan medal has been awarded.

(b) Conducted by the Egyptian Expeditionary
Force, between midnight 18th/19th March, 1916 and midnight 11th/12th
November 1918, but excluding operations for which the Sultan's Sudan
medal has been awarded.

NOTES :— (i) Personnel of the Egyptian Army,
including British personnel thereof, and personnel of the British
Army stationed in Egypt, prior to midnight 4th/5th August, 1914,
were eligible for the award of the Victory Medal only if they were
employed in Egypt (exclusive of the Sudan), up to midnight 18th/19th
March, 1916, on duties which were outside of the normal peace-time
work of the Egyptian Army, or of the British Army in Egypt
respectively, and for which the need arose from the fact of the
above operations being in progress.

(ii) Troops which arrived in Egypt
subsequent to midnight 4th/5th August, 1914, and prior to midnight
4th/5th November, 1914, were eligible for the award of the Victory
Medal if they served on the establishment of a unit (exclusive of a
unit referred to in (i) of these notes) in Egypt (exclusive of the
Sudan) between midnight 4th/5th November, 1914 and midnight
18th/19th March, 1916.

(iii) Troops which arrived in Egypt between
midnight 4th/5th November, 1914 and midnight 18th/19th March, 1916,
are eligible for the award of the Victory Medal if they served on
the establishment of a unit (exclusive of a unit referred to in (i)
of these notes) in Egypt (exclusive of the Sudan) between these
dates.

(iv) The term Egypt (exclusive of the
Sudan) is held to mean Egypt north of a line east and west through,
but including Assouan.

5. African Theatre.—Included all operations as set
forth below, but excluding local military operations against native
tribes or rebels, for which the Africa General Service Medal is
awarded:

(a) In British East Africa, German East
Africa, Portuguese East Africa, Rhodesia, Nyasaland and Uganda,
between midnight 19th/20th August, 1914 and midnight 25th/26th
November, 1918, within an area bounded as follows:

On the north by the Uganda Railway from the sea to Port
Florence (including the whole of all towns actually on the railway),
thence along the northern shore of Lake Victoria to the mouth of the
Katonga River, thence in a straight line to Mubendi. From Mubendi
along the line of the Muzissi River to Lake Albert and along the
southern Shore of that lake to the Congo-Uganda boundary.

On the west by the Congo-Uganda boundary and along the
western shores of Lake Edward, Lake Kivu and Lake Tanganyika to
Moliro; thence by the Northern Rhodesian-Congo boundary to Lake
Mweru and along the Luapula River as far as the 12th parallel.
On the south by the 12th parallel to Lake Nyasa, along the western shore
of Lake Nyasa to Fort Johnson, and thence by the Shire River to the
Zambesi River, and by that river to the sea.

(b) In the Caprivi Zipfel, South-West Africa,
by the troops assembled at Sesheke in 1914, under the command of
Lieut-Colonel A. E. Capell, D.S.O., and by the scouts on duty about
the Okovango River, under the command of Major R. Gordon, D.S.O., in
July, 1915.

(c) In German South-West Africa and the 12th
and 13th military districts of the Union of South Africa, provided
that service was performed on the establishment of a unit in any one
of the following forces between midnight 19th/20th August, 1914 and
midnight 9th/10th July, 1915.

Northern Force.—Commanded by General the Right Honourable Louis
Botha.

(d) In Kamerum and that part of Nigeria east
of a line from the southern extremity of Lake Chad through
Maiduguri, Yola, Bakundi, Takum and Ikom (these five places
inclusive) and thence eastwards along the Cross River to the Nigeria
Cameroons Frontier, between midnight 23rd/24th August, 1914 and
midnight 18th/19th February, 1916.

(e) Conducted in French West Africa to the
north of the Northern Nigeria Frontier by the Sokoto and Katsena
Columns, under the command of Captain J. G. Bruxner-Randall and
LieutColonel R. G. Coles, respectively, between midnight 4th/5th
January, 1917 and midnight 15th/16th May, 1917.

(f) Within the boundaries of Togoland from
midnight 6th/7th August, 1914 to midnight 26th/27th August, 1914.

(b) Carried out by the Mesopotamia
Expeditionary Force between midnight 5th/6th November, 1914 and
midnight 11th/12th November, 1918, and by the Bushire Garrison, as
part of such, between midnight 27th/28th June, 1915 and midnight
11th/12th November, 1918.

(c) In South Persia and the Persian Gulf
Ports, &c., between midnight 5th/6th November, 1914 and midnight
11th/12th November, 1918.

(d) At Shaik Said (South-West Arabia) on the
10th and 11th November, 1914; and at Persia, on the 14th/15th June,
1915.

(f) In the frontier regions of India, carried
out by Forces which actually took the field:—

(i) In the Tochi
Valley, including the whole of the North Waziristan Political
Agency, between midnight 27th/28th November, 1914 and midnight
27th/28th March, 1915.

(ii) Near Hafiz
Kor within the area bounded on the south by the left bank of the
Kabul River and on the east by a line from Adozai to Tangi, both
places included, under the command of Major-General C. F. G. Young,
between midnight 13th/14th and midnight 19th/20th April, 1915; under
the command of Major-General F. Campbell, C.B., D.S.O., between
midnight 28th/29th August and midnight 10th/11th October, 1915; at
Hafiz Kor on 15th November, 1916; and on the Mohmand Blockade line
between midnight 29th/30th September, 1916 and midnight 19th/20th
July, 1917.

(iii) Carried
out by the troops at Katsang, Rastam and Swati, under the command of
Brigadier-General N. C. Woodyatt, between midnight 16th/17th August
and midnight 31st August/1st September, 1915.

(iv) On
the Landakai Ridge north of a line east and west from, but exclusive
of, Malakand (a) under the command of Brigadier-General W. G. L.
Beynon, C.B., D.S.O., between midnight 20th/21st August and midnight
31st August/1st September, 1915 and (b) on 27th October, 1915, by
the Malakand Moveable Column which advanced from Chakdara Camp.

(v)
Carried out by the troops which took part in the operations against
the Mahsuds in the North and South Waziristan Political Agencies,
the Bannu and Dera Ismail Khan Civil Districts and that portion of
the Mainwali district which lies Trans-Indus, between midnight
1st/2nd March and midnight 10/11th August, 1917.

(vi)
Carried out by troops which took part in operations against the
Marris between midnight 17th/18th February and midnight 8th/9th
April, 1918, within the following zone:-
Northern Boundary.—From Mangi inclusive (on BostanHarnai Sibi
Railway) along railway inclusive to Harnai inclusive; thence along
the road Harnai-Loralai-Mekhtar-Kingri-Rakhni Fort Munro-Dera Chazi
Khan inclusive, including all parts along the road, except Loralai
and troops moving up and down the road from and to Loralai and Fort
Sandeman.

Western Boundary.—Jacobabad inclusive along railway line all
stations inclusive, via Sibi to Mach inclusive; thence a line drawn
across country from Mach station to Mangi station. (The troops
moving on ordinary relief along line Jacobabad to Quetta will not be
considered as having entered the sphere of operations).

(vii) Carried
out by troops which took part in the operations in the Chin and Kuki
Hills (a) between 30th November/1st December, 1917 and midnight
1st/2nd June, 1918, (b) between midnight 31st October/1st November,
1918 and midnight 15th/16th May, 1919, within the following zones:

Northern Boundary. A line joining Manipur Road Station to Kohima,
thence east to Tusu River at point of junction 42 miles east by
north from Kohima, thence follow river to junction with Chindwin.
Troops at Kindat, Mawlaik and Monywa are also included.

Eastern Boundary. Left bank of Chindwin River.

Southern Boundary.—Latitude 22° from the Chindwin River west to
Longitude 93°, with the addition of the tract of country known as
the Pakokku Hill Tracts and lying between Latitude 20° and 22° and
on both sides of Longitude 94°.

Western Boundary.—Longitude 93° to Lakhipur, thence a line joining
Lakhipur to Manipur Road Station.

(viii) At
and south of Mastung in the Kalat State between midnight 31st
May/1st June, and midnight 10th/11th July, 1915, and between
midnight 4th/5th June and midnight 18th/19th August, 1916.

(ix)
In the Kachin Hills within an area bounded on the north by latitude
26° 30" on the east by the River Mali Kha from where it cuts 26° 30"
to the confluence, and thence by the Irrawaddy until it cuts 25° 15"
on the west by longitude 96°; on the south by latitude 25°; between
midnight 30th/31st December, 1914 and midnight 28th February/1st
March, 1915.

(g) At Tsing-Tau, between midnight
22nd/23rd September and midnight 7th/8th November, 1914.

7. Australasian Theatre. Included all operations
against the German Pacific Dependencies, as follows :-

(a) New Britain, from midnight 10th/l1th
September to midnight 21st/22nd September, 1914.

(b) New Ireland, from midnight 15th/16th
September to midnight 18th/19th October, 1914.

(c) Kaiser Wilhelm-Land, on 24th
September, 1914.

(d) Admiralty Islands, on 21st November,
1914.

(e) Nauru, on the 6th November, 1914.

(f) German Samoa, on 29th August, 1914.

* The term "Russia" is considered to cover the
geographical area of the pre war Russian Empire.